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All-New Ampeg SCR-DI!
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Hmm, I know I'll probably be in the minority, but I'd prefer to be able to get a hold of it as a rackmount...having said that, my GAS apparently doesn't give one whit about form factor...
You can put it on a rack shelf/drawer. Super inexpensive and you can put other stuff on that same shelf. Best of both worlds.
LOL! Well rackmount preamps just don't sell like they used to. Ampeg used to have one of the best rack preamps in the business, and they had to discontinue it because it didn't sell.
You sir, are an enabler. If a thread shows up trash-talking nshuman, I'll go on record right now as saying my wife hijacked my TB account on account of my buying an SCR-DI!
Yeah, I look around for the old ones a lot, and my experiences tend to support your position, they didn't sell a lot, but they must have been excellent, because no-one seems to be selling them!
I avoid rack mount stuff because it doesn't play nicely with my setup. I don't want to drag a cab, board, head AND rack around. That said, if I ever find a rack mount tube head I like, I may just have to sell my YBA-300 and move to a rack setup.
If the proportions are correct with the size of the 1/4" jacks, I think the size is right. I want!!!
Why call it a Scrambler™ circuit if it's not even remotely related to the Scrambler™ that we all know and love?
Seems like a waste of a ™ to me.
Seems like a waste of a ™ to me.
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I recently played through one of the new Ampeg combos with the scrambler distortion circuit. Sounded really really awesome. Kind of like Billy Sheehan to my ears. Seemed really 'usable'.
Figures they put this out less than a year after I plunk down two hundred whatever bucks for the VT Bass Deluxe (still love my VT though- not complaining).
Figures they put this out less than a year after I plunk down two hundred whatever bucks for the VT Bass Deluxe (still love my VT though- not complaining).
I'm definitely interested in this little puppy! I recently moved into a condo, and have been searching for a way to practice silently. I've just started using my old Tascam CD-BT1MKII since I can plug in my bass, and use the aux in to plug in my iPod. It works, but the buzz and hum drive me insane! Ampeg to the rescue!!! If the scrambler is quiet, and makes my Stingray sound even more awesome than it already does... then I'm sold. Box it up. Ship it out. I'm waiting by my front door.
I wonder if the EQ section on board will sound anything like the Barber Linden—because, man that thing is sweet.
I wonder if the EQ section on board will sound anything like the Barber Linden—because, man that thing is sweet.
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"Thru" is likely just a parallel of "In", i.e. an uneffected signal you can use to connect to an amp. (Use the output for the PA and the Thru for your amp if you want to use the pedal to only affect the front of house sound).
What if you could feed the output signal through your pedal board then loop it back through the "Thru" jack and out the XLR to the board. For those that use in-ears and no amps that would be ideal.
the drive on the "scrambler" circuit sounds great, but like another stated, i dont like that there is no volume for 2nd channel, but i do wish they wouldve came out with this a year ago when i had $$$, very cool though!!
Like johnk_10 mentioned on Page 1, I also believe the SCR-DI is essentially the same preamp section of the new BA-115 combo.
With that said, I am going to guess -- and I could be 100% wrong -- that the SCR-DI may not have cabinet sim circuitry. Additionally, I am guessing that the AUX IN signal will only present itself in the PHONES OUT and not from the LINE OUT nor the XLR OUT.
Below is the block diagram for the BA-115 that is the basis for my assumptions above.
Cheers!
With that said, I am going to guess -- and I could be 100% wrong -- that the SCR-DI may not have cabinet sim circuitry. Additionally, I am guessing that the AUX IN signal will only present itself in the PHONES OUT and not from the LINE OUT nor the XLR OUT.
Below is the block diagram for the BA-115 that is the basis for my assumptions above.
Cheers!
